---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle more than twenty-five (25) years old.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle more than twenty-five (25) years old.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7230"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7230 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "McEntee", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667276cb-5d8d-432a-be92-b9b7b543ae5b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "521373ae0ec1ecc579a41ae9e43cad35384b67c9648c3e190e3b3b4a817a6b89"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 7230 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle more than twenty-five (25) years old.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7230 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7230Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/667276cb-5d8d-432a-be92-b9b7b543ae5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).